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Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico
Amber E. Brian
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Hardcover. How history was saved in seventeenth-century Mexico Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Born between 1568 and 1580, Alva Ixtlilxochitl was a direct descendant of Ixtlilxochitl I and Ixtlilxochitl II, who had been rulers of Texcoco, one of the major city-states in pre-Conquest Mesoamerica. After a distinguished education and introduction into the life of the empire of New Spain in Mexico, Ixtlilxochitl was employed by the viceroy to write histories of the indigenous peoples in Mexico. Engaging with this history and delving deep into the resultant archives of this life's work, Amber Brian addresses the question of how knowledge and history came to be crafted in this era.
Brian takes the reader ... Read more
Born between 1568 and 1580, Alva Ixtlilxochitl was a direct descendant of Ixtlilxochitl I and Ixtlilxochitl II, who had been rulers of Texcoco, one of the major city-states in pre-Conquest Mesoamerica. After a distinguished education and introduction into the life of the empire of New Spain in Mexico, Ixtlilxochitl was employed by the viceroy to write histories of the indigenous peoples in Mexico. Engaging with this history and delving deep into the resultant archives of this life's work, Amber Brian addresses the question of how knowledge and history came to be crafted in this era.
Brian takes the reader ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826520975
SKU
V9780826520975
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About Amber E. Brian
Amber E. Brian is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa, USA and coeditor of The Native Conquistador.
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